California Senate Bill 1129, which would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties for a public use, will be back in the spotlight on May 5, 2014, when the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing at 1:00 PM in Sacramento to discuss the bill’s fiscal impact. This legislation could make …

California Senate Bill 1129, co-authored by Castro Valley’s State Senator Ellen Corbett, would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties, like the Daughtrey’s Building site, for a public use, such as a town square. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee starts is holding a hearing about SB 1129 at 9:30 this morning.  At some point …

On April 9, the California Senate Governance and Finance Committee will have a hearing on  California Senate Bill 1129. We’ve mentioned this bill before, but its passage could be hugely beneficial to Castro Valley, and to the town square proposal. The 2012 dissolution of the California redevelopment agencies has been …

Prepared by Peter Rosen, Michael Kusiak, Scott San Filippo and Castro Valley Matters March 11, 2014 Castro Valley Town Square Overview At the February 4, 2014 Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) meeting, the MAC passed a motion requesting that the Castro Valley Town Square proponents gather more data about …